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Court of Appeals Judges selected for committee

Madison, Wisconsin -
March 1, 2007

Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson kicked off the process of creating the state’s new Government Accountability Board (GAB) Thursday in the Supreme Court hearing room at the State Capitol.

With all other members of the Supreme Court looking on, Chief Justice Abrahamson drew from a hat the names of four Court of Appeals judges who will be asked to serve on the GAB Candidate Committee. The committee’s first task will be to submit to the governor the names of at least eight qualified individuals to serve on the Board. From the list submitted by the committee, the governor is required to submit three nominees to the Assembly and the three other nominees to the Senate for confirmation.

The Board replaces the current State Elections Board and State Ethics Board and will be responsible for administering the state’s election, campaign-finance, ethics and lobbying laws.